First United Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church at 2501 N Annie Glidden Rd in Dekalb, IL 60115-1498. It is one of 31 churches in Dekalb.
To create a loving environment where people are connecting with God and others while serving the needs of the community and church family.
2501 N Annie Glidden Rd, Dekalb, IL, 60115-1498Service times
- Sunday 10am
Phone: (815) 756-6301 · Website: https://www.firstumc.net/
First United Methodist Church is part of the Methodist family of churches in The American Church Story. 1,033 congregations of the Methodist family gather across Illinois — 25,985 across the United States on The Church Map.
Methodism gave the church the class meeting, the circuit rider, and the Sunday school, and gave America the conviction that grace is genuinely for everyone — carried into prisons, mines, and mill towns by preachers who owned almost nothing. Charles Wesley's hymns are still sung in nearly every tradition, most of them by people who have no idea whose they are.
Ministries at First United Methodist Church
- REAL Meal
- SLAP (Summer Lunch At the Park)
- Adult & Youth Mission Trips
- Vacation Bible School (VBS)
- Cub Scouts
- Christian Education
- Mission Possible
- Lunch Bunch
- Chancel Choir
- Praise & Worship Team
- Bell Choir
- The Celebration Chorale
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The community around First United Methodist Church
Within about a mile of this church, more than 4 in 10 renting households pay over half of everything they earn just to keep a roof over them. About 2 in 3 the children here are growing up below the poverty line, and nearly half of the people here live below the poverty line. That is 2,200 neighbors — and some of them are already in these pews.
Pray for the families one rent increase away from moving, and for this church to know their names.
- Child Poverty: 65.6% (46.5–84.6%)
- Poverty Rate: 52.7%
- Food Insecurity: 49.0%
- Obesity: 46.6%
- Social Isolation: 43.0%
- Housing Insecurity: 35.7%
- Fair/Poor Health Status: 32.5%
- Utility Shutoff Threat: 28.9%
- Transportation Barriers: 28.0%
- Unemployment: 14.8% (4.8–24.8%)
- Lack of Social/Emotional Support: 32.8%
- Depression: 27.4%
- Uninsured Adults 18-64: 16.9%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, CDC PLACES (2019-2023, 2023), aggregated across 4 census tracts near this church.
Churches near First United Methodist Church
- New Hope Missionary Baptist — 0.3 mi away in DeKalb, IL
- NIU Cru — 0.6 mi away
- Westminster Presbyterian Church — 0.8 mi away
- St Paul's Episcopal Church — 0.9 mi away
- Christ Community Church - DeKalb Campus — 1.1 mi away
- The Abbey College Church — 1.2 mi away
- Newman Catholic Student Center — 1.3 mi away
- Baptist Campus Ministry — 1.3 mi away in DeKalb, IL
- Hillcrest Covenant Church — 1.4 mi away
- Bethlehem Lutheran Church — 1.4 mi away
More Methodist churches nearby
- First United Methodist Church of DeKalb — 2 mi away in DeKalb, IL
- Sycamore United Methodist Church — 4.3 mi away in Sycamore, IL
- Cortland Methodist Church — 4.9 mi away in Cortland, IL
- Malta United Methodist Church — 5 mi away in Malta, IL
- Grace United Methodist Church — 9.7 mi away in Maple Park, IL